×
The Standard e-Paper
Fearless, Trusted News
The Standard Group Plc is a
multi-media organization with investments in media platforms spanning newspaper
print operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key
influence in matters of national and international interest.
Kenya’s Public Service Commission (PSC) was meant to be the constitutional bulwark against patronage. Article 234 of the Constitution gave it sweeping powers: recruit on merit, enforce values and principles, and shield the bureaucracy from political capture.
Sixty-four years after independence, that promise lies in ruins. The Public Service remains a patronage machine that is bloated, inefficient and ruinously expensive while the very parliamentary committee charged with overseeing the PSC has become its enabler rather than its enforcer.
Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated on the latest developments and special offers!
join